BIB_ID
384040
Accession number
MA 1262.37
Creator
Douglas, Robert, Lt. Col., -1828.
Display Date
1804 June 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.7 cm
Notes
Volume 5 (MA 1262) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 1262.1-75).
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Expressing his concern and frustration with a recruiting policy for Non-Commissioned officers and the issues surrounding limited vs. unlimited service; concluding that he hopes he will agree with him "that an old Regiment like the 1st Batt. now nearly complete, is better capable of forming Non Commissioned Officers for itself than a young battalion circumstanced as I have described."
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